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HAMM v. DeKALB COUNTY

No. 84-8783.

774 F.2d 1567 (1985)

George HAMM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DeKALB COUNTY, and Pat Jarvis, Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. O'Day, M. Lee Cheney, Penelope B. Rundle, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

George P. Dillard, Decatur, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges, and PITTMAN, District Judge.

PITTMAN, District Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant George Hamm (Hamm) brought this action against defendants-appellees DeKalb County (County) and Pat Jarvis, Sheriff of DeKalb County (Sheriff), seeking damages for the allegedly unconstitutional conditions existing at the DeKalb County Jail during his incarceration there. He alleged that the jail was overcrowded, that the conditions were unsanitary, that the food service was unsanitary, and that the medical care was...

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